Rare Book & Collectors' Sale June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026

10 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 23. Musgrave (Rev. George) Ramble into Brittany, 2 vols. Lond. (Hurst and Blackett) 1870 First Edn., hf. titles, 2 frontis, title vignettes, cont. hf. tan calf, tooled gilt spines, mor. labels. V. good copy. (2) €120 - €180 24. Pamphlets: Anon. A Letter to the Rev. Mr. John Jackson, Occasioned by His Remarks on Dr. Middleton’s Free Inquiry into the Miraculous Powers,... 8vo Lond. 1749. Hf. title, 60pp; 2. Anon. The Expediency and Necessity of Revising and Improving the Publick Liturgy,... Lond. 1749. First Edn., [VIII] 136pp; 3. [Sherlock (Thos.)] Bishop of London, An Appendix to the Second Dissertation .. Being a Further Enquiry into the Mosack Account of the Fall, Lond. 1749 [IV] 52pp + advert leaf; 4. Middleton (Conyers) An Examination of the Lord /Bishop of London’s Discourses Concerning The Use and Intent of Prophecy, Lond. 1750, 198pp; together 4 works bound as one, cont. calf, raised bands, lacks label. (1) €200 - €300 27. Smith (Charles) The Ancient and Present State of The County and City of Cork, 2 vols. Cork 1815. New Edn., Engd. port. frontis. Vol. I, 14 lg. fold. maps & plts. etc. cont. hf. calf, attractive tooled gilt spines, mor. labels. V. good. (2) €270 - €350 25. Rare French Military Interest Pamphlets: 1. [du Coudray (Chas. T.)] L’Artillerie Nouvelle ou Examen des Changements Faits dans l’Artillerie Francaise depuis 1765, 8vo Amsterdam 1772, 288, errata leaf (35)pp; 2. Lettre en reponse aux Observations sur un ouvage attibue a fewM. de Valiere, etc. Et a un livre in titule: ‘Artillerie Nouvelle’ Amsterdam 1772., 75pp (last leaf torn, no loss); 3. Proces - Verbal des Eprauve faites a Douay..., Paris 1772, 48pp; 4. Remarques et Obserations sur le livre intitule Artillerie Nouvelle, n.p. 1773, hf. title, 50pp; 5 . de Fouchy (M.) Eloge de la Marquis de Valliere, Prononce a l’Academie Royale des Sciences le 17 Avril 1776, n.p. 1776 First Edn., 22 + [1]pp; 6. de Valliere (Marquis) Memoire touchant la Superiorite des Pieces d’Artillerie Longues et Solides, sur les Piees Courtes et Legeres,... 8vo n.d. 1775, hf. title, 65pp m/ss notes in margins on early pages; & 2 others sim together 8 works bound as one. In contemporary mottled / catspaw French calf, raised bands, tooled gilt spine in panels. (1) * An important Collection. €800 - €1200 26. French Pamphlets: [Charpentier & Manuel (Louis Pierre)] La Bastille Devoilee, ou Recueil de Pieces Authentiques pour servir a son Histoire, 8vo Paris 1789. Hf. title, 126pp ; Bound with, Troisieme livraison, hf. title, lg. fold. Plan of Bastille, 159pp; Bound with, Quatrieme Livraison, hf. title, 155pp. Full cont. mottled calf, joints cracked, gilt spine in panels, lacks labels. Very Rare. (1) * This a primary source, published at the onset of the French Revolution and is a crucial work to understand the political climate that led to the downfall of the famous prison as a symbol of Royal Tyranny. Provenance: “Ex. Libris Marjou,” printer, etc. in Paris: with his bookplate. €1500 - €2000 27